Journal-box lubricator.



lNo. 860,131. PATENTED JULY 16, 1907. F. B. HARRISON & L. Y. WILLIAMS.

JOURNAL BOX LUBRICATOR. APPLIOATIOII FILED SEPT.12.1906.

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FRANK B. HARRISON AND LAGEY Y. WILLIAMS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

JOURNAL-BOX LUBRICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed September 12,1906. Serial No. 834,295.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK B. HARRISON and LACEY Y. WILLIAMS, citizensof the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Journal- BoxLubricators, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to lubricators which are located within journalboxes and especially such as are adapted for use in connection withlocomotive drive and truck axle boxes where the boxes are located insidethe wheels and are open at the bottom to allow of their removal from theaxles and also to permit the adjustment of the cellars beneath the axlesand in line with the bearings. As is well known, great difiiculty hasbeen experienced in effectively lubricating such bearings so they willnot become hot in service, owing in part to the construction of theboxes which are more or less open at the ends and consequently do notexclude dust and dirt, and the great weight to which the bearings aresubjected.

The object of our invention is the provision of a lubricator which shallexclude dust and dirt, retain the waste in proper position, require aminimum quantity of oil to secure effective lubrication, and prevent thebearings becoming hot and the excessive wear of the brasses.

With this end in View our invention consists in certain novelties ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an example of the physicalembodiment of the invention.

Figure l. is a perspective view of a cellar and lubricator. Fig. 2 showsthe lubricator proper separate from the cellar. Fig. 3 shows the cellarproper with the pan and base removed. ,Fig. 4 is a perspective view of awaste retainer. Fig. 5 is a section through a corner of the pan and basein line with a post, the parts being upon a relatively large scale tomore clearly show the construction.

Referring to the several figures, the numeral 1 designates the bottom ofthe cellar; 2, the end walls with curved top edges; 3, recesses or slotsin the end walls; 4, guards in the slots; 5, the flanged, concave topedges of the guards which bear against the axle; 6, springs at thebottoms of the slots 3 which force and hold the guards against the axle;7, the side walls of the cellar;

' 8, slots or recesses in the walls; 9, guards, each having a flange atits top edge and provided with twopins l0 projecting through the slots11, which pins limit the movements of the guards when forced upwardly bysprings, like those designated by numeral 6, located at the bottoms ofthe recesses; 12, the pan; 13, the end Walls of the pan having curvedtop edges; 14, the side walls of the pan each having a flange at the topedge; 15, the concave bottom of the pan; 16, holes through the pan, oneat each of the four corners; 17, the supporting base; 18, four headedposts fixed in the base and located in line with the holes 16 throughthe pan; l9, waste retainers, each provided with prongs 20 bentalternately in opposite directions, two legs 21 which rest upon thebottom of the pan, and two perforated projecting ears 22 by which theretainer is held in place; 23, one of the four tubes, each having a hole24 through the bottom, said tube being loosely mounted upon a post 18 asshown so it can move vertically; 25, a crimp made in the wall of thetube and which when the top end of the tube is passed through a hole 16in the pan bears against the metal which bounds the said'hole; 26, aflange or crimp at the top end of thefl tube; 27, a cap passed over thetop end of the tube 23, and pressed down upon the ear 22 of the wasteretainer, which latter is passed over the top end of tube 23 and infrictional contact with the metal bounding the hole 16 in' the pan, saidtube 27 having its edge upset orbent about the flange or crimp 26 at thetop end of the tube; and 28, is a coiled spring within the tube and cap,as shown.

It will be observed that the springs 28 force the pan upwardly, and thatthe waste retainers are held in place by the perforated cars 22 clampedbetween the tubes and caps. The base and pan are adapted to fit withinthe cellar and the curved edges of the top end walls of the pan when sodisposed will be in line with the concave flanged top edges of the endguards of thecellar when said cellar and the lubricating pan are in useand bear against the under surface of the axle, so that dust and dirtare effectively excluded. Guards 9, forced upwardly by the springs inthe slots to positions adjacent the sides of the axle also prevent theentrance of dust and dirt. The waste retainers having the prongseffectively prevent the waste in the pan working over the edges ateither end of the same, and the springs within the tubes and caps at thefour corners of the pan press the waste saturated with oil and retainersagainst the under surface of the axle opposite the bearing surface.

The cellar and lubricator are, of course, to be adapted, v

as regards size and relative dimensions, to the axle box in connectionwith which they are to be used; and the cellar is held in position bybolts or lugs in any well known or desirable way.

From the foregoing description it becomes clear that we have produced alubricator especially adapted for use with axle boxes located' insidethe wheels, and which is effective for the purposes specified.

What we claim is:

I 1. The combination with a cellar having end walls with curved topedges and movable side guards, of a lubricating pan with end wallshaving curved top edges; said movable side guards serving to excludedust from the waste within the pan.

2. The combination with a cellar of guards at the ends with curved topedges springs for forcing the guards up wardly, a pan located within thecellar; and springs for forcing the pan upwardly; the top edges of theend walls of the pan being curved.

The combination with a cellar having end walls with curved top edges, ofa lubricating pan. located within the cellar, said pan having end wallswith curved top edges; springs for forcing the pan upwardly and wasteretainers having prongs, said retainers being located at each end of thepan and adjacent the end walls.

4. A lubricating pan having end walls with curved top edges and twowaste retainers, one retainer located at each end of the pan andadjacent an end wall, said retainers being provided with prongs for thepurpose specified.

A lubricating; pan having end walls with curved top edges, side walls, abottom, and waste retainers one located adjacent each end wall; saidwaste retainers having ears, and means for securing said ears to thepan.

6. The combination with a pan having a bottom with holes therethrough,end walls, and side walls, of waste retainers having perforated cars; abase piece with posts;

tubes; caps; and springs; said tubes loosely engaging the posts and thetop ends of the tubes located within the holes in the bottom of the panand the holes in the ears of the retainers; said caps secured to the topends of the tubes; and the springs located within the tubes and caps.

7. The combination with a pan, of a waste retainer having perforatedears 22, prongs 20, and legs 21'; and means for securing the ears to thepan adjacent the end wall thereof.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK B. HARRISON. LACEY Y. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

MA: I. Fos'rnn, A. D. STEWART.

